Noah’s Ark and What it Means for You!Genesis 6:11-2213 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. 15 This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits. 16 Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks. 17 For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female. 20 Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive. 21 Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.” 22 Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him. (ESV)

I. A Warning –“I will destroy them…” v.13 God said, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh…” Notice again in verse 17 “For behold, I will bring a flood…to destroy all flesh..” Look back in verse 7 “I will destroy man..”This warning from God is not what might happen if man does not turn around and do better. It’s not a potential warning. It’s a certain, determined event to take place. During stormy weather there will be a tornado watch and a tornado warning. A watch means conditions are right for the possibility of a tornado. Look at verses 11,12 and note the wickedness and violence. This is a “watch”. Conditions are ripe for the judgment of God. A warning means a tornado has been spotted and you need to take cover now. This is not God’s flood watch, but it is God’s flood warning! It is coming directly to you. “I have determined to make an end of all flesh” (ESV) It’s not a sudden warning. God has put the word out for a long time.(1) A prolonged warning – (see Gen. 6:3) “yet his days shall be 120 years” God did not make the announcement of a global flood and in five minutes it comes. The warning goes out for a long period of time. This speaks of the patience of God. “God is not willing that any should perish, but that all might come to repentance.” 2Peter 3:9 Today, look how long God has warned America to turn